This school year, the senior class decided to host a winter senior assassin competition where seniors “eliminate” each other by spraying them with water bottles. School administrators made it clear that this is not a school-sanctioned event.

“I came up with the idea after researching and thinking how cool it would be to do an individual one,” said senior Natalie Gomez. This is also a way to fundraise for upcoming senior events, so we are splitting the pot of money with the senior class,” she added.

Everything that happens with the game is tracked on an app called “Splashin.” Everyone who is participating can see their “target’s” location, which students are participating, and elimination videos.

There are rules all participating seniors must follow, and every senior is eligible for one “buy-back” for $20. Each senior has one target, and they have one week to eliminate their target. If they don’t, they will be eliminated. The first week of the game was considered a bye week, where no targeting was to take place. Participants are required to record a video of themselves getting their target out in order for it to count.

“I love winter assassin because it pulls the senior class together, and I hope to win the money, destroy people’s hope to win, and get them out,” said senior Reagan Wood.

Seniors who wanted to participate paid a $5 fee. The game began Dec. 1 when participating seniors received safety arm bands and spray bottles at 11:35 am, as well as their “targets” around 2:30 pm. A total of 54 seniors are participating, with two eliminated in less than a day. As of Dec. 4, three participants are eliminated. The “last participant standing” will win a pot of money, which was at $270 as of Dec. 3. The pot increases if someone eliminated decides to “buy-back” in, and as of Dec. 4, no one eliminated has bought back in.

The winner will be released through the student-run Instagram account @senior_assassin.2026 after the game comes to an end.